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Exhibition(Ohio University Alternatives 2015) Artifact seeks submissions of photographic work that examines the relationship between art and science. This year’s exhibition will be juried by internationally recognized photographic artist Judy Natal.

New Artist Gallery GALERIE CITÉ New Exhibit StrathBonnie:EarnDoon September 8 to October 31, 2014 Artist Talk & Opening Reception September 11, 2014 Edmonton – La Cité Francophone is proud to announce the second exhibit at Galerie Cité, a new visual art gallery located within the first and second floor common spaces at La Cité Francophone. The [&hellip

Euphoria delicately reflects on the collapse of nature and the unique visual language of technology. The video gathers aesthetic forms and patterns found in our environment and recreates them using computer simulation. Code-generated terrain, endless mazes and ruptured images transform and blend into a giant organism that continuously changes and reproduces, giving rise to a new digital scene. This mesmerizing virtual sphere has no beginning and no end.

Euphoria delicately reflects on the collapse of nature and the unique visual language of technology. The video gathers aesthetic forms and patterns found in our environment and recreates them using computer simulation. Code-generated terrain, endless mazes and ruptured images transform and blend into a giant organism that continuously changes and reproduces, giving rise to a new digital scene. This mesmerizing virtual sphere has no beginning and no end.

Deadline for Entries: April 30, 2015 Small World is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. ThePhotomicrography Competition is open to anyone with an interest in microscopy and photography. The video competition, entitled Small World In Motion encompasses any movie or digital time-lapse photography taken through [&hellip

Eternal September is a group exhibition that aims to explore the relationship between professional art making and the rising tide of amateur cultural movements throughout the Web, a historical event that has triggered a huge, fascinating shift in every field of culture, especially the visual one. The exhibition includes works by 15 authors and artistic groups (professionals and amateurs alike) and a series of special projects and accompanying events that will take place both offline and online.

“Eternal September” is a slang expression that was coined by David Fischer in a comment sent to the Usenet group alt.folklore.computers in 1994 (“September 1993 will go down in net.history as the September that never ended.”). The sentence refers to September 1993, the year in which the major providers began offering access to all theircustomers. Up to that time, the network population was composed mostly of university members, a group that would get a little bit bigger every year in September when a number of freshmen would enter college and have their first net access. Every time a fresh influx of “newbies” joined a network, its community had to confront their “net illiteracy” and general lack of netiquette; their behaviour was, in fact, considered annoying and potentially dangerous for the quality of content and discussion.After 1993, this influx of new users became permanent, and this “Eternal September” is still happening today at exponential speed. Internet access, which is now global, is constantly growing, despite the well-known “digital divide” issues. This phenomenon, which transformed from a tidal wave into an unstoppable tsunami, gave birthto an enormous cultural shift.

This “access” topic needs to be addressed in a very broad sense: the opportunity to access information, as well as that to use production tools and distribution channels. Every system previously used to managing and controlling cultural production is now experiencing a deep crisis, which is also causing the inevitable collapse of all the related business models.The ultimate consequence of this scenario is also the most radical one: the questioning of “professionalism”, an event that has been foreseen by many observers ever since the 1970s. Gene Youngblood, for instance, wrote about it in the 1982 Siggraph catalogue: “A tool is ‘mature’ insofar as it’s easy to use, accessible to everyone, offering high quality at low cost and characterized by a pluralistic rather than singular practice, serving a multitude of values. Professionalism is an archaic model that’s fading in the twilight of the Industrial Age.”

The Eternal September exhibition also aims at highlighting another fundamental feature of the emerging cultural scenario: the speed that characterizes the production and distribution of creative content.This hectic and unstoppable circulation of ideas and digital artifacts has led many critics and journalists to use words and adjectives borrowed from biology jargon: viral contents, mind viruses, contagious media. Some also refer to a controversial scientific theory that was born in the 1970s in the context of the genetic research boom: the so-called “memetics”. This theory postulates the existence of “memes”, units of human cultural transmission analogous to genes, arguing that replication also happens in culture. In a fast and liquid environment such as the Internet, in which any content – images, sounds, texts – can be edited in real-time and fed back into the communication circuit, the metamorphic nature of any cultural product rises exponentially.In an era like the present one, in which image production is so advanced and refined that it can be easily considered scientific matter, the amateur “look and feel” of many contemporary cultural products also seems to function as proof of authenticity, passion and enthusiasm. This attitude reminds us of what happened in the earlytwentieth century, when the simplicity and spontaneity of archaic and exotic artifacts was seen as an antidote to the weariness of Western culture, considered decadent and artificial. Today, the new “primitivism” coincides with the “amateur”.

This exhibition comprises a mix of artworks by professional artists and “non-professional” ones, comparing images, aesthetics and languages. A great number of contemporary artists, in fact, actively and fearlessly confront this new scenario in which the boundaries between professional art making and amateur products are increasinglyblurred and intertwined. The project also aims to show how some of the aesthetic and stylistic strategies normally associated with cutting-edge contemporary art have been assimilated by popular culture that is born and happens online.Our definition of art is once again changing radically, challenging both artists and viewers, two categories that are getting more and more unstable and interconnected. Eternal September is an attempt to acknowledge the revolution that is subverting today’s visual culture, a colorful and messy catastrophe that is rapidly wiping away all our landmarks in the artscape. This show does not offer any new certainty, though. Instead, it’s an invitation to dive in together, and start figuring things out.

THE CATALOGUE

On the occasion of the exhibition, Link Editions (the editorial branch of the Link Art Center, Brescia) and Aksioma will co-publish a catalogue of the show, featuring all the participating artists and projects, along with contributions by Valentina Tanni, Smetnjak Collective and Domenico Quaranta. Designed by Fabio Paris and edited by Domenico Quaranta, the catalogue will be available for print on demand and free download along the exhibition, which will be visually documented in the book. More: [editions.linkartcenter.eu]

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Valentina Tanni (1976, Rome, Italy) is a contemporary art critic and curator. Her research is focused on the relationship between art and new media, with particular attention to Internet culture. In 2002, she graduated in Art History from La Sapienza University in Rome with a master’s thesis on net art (Net Art.1994–2001), and in the following years she published a great number of articles, reviews and essays about new media art, web culture and contemporary art in general. She is the founder of Random Magazine, one of the first web columns entirely dedicated to net art (that also gave birth to a book in 2011, Random, Link Editions), and she is the co-founder of Exibart and Artribune, two important Italian art magazines. She also directed the online version of the magazine FMR (FMR Online).She curated the Net section of the art show Media Connection (Rome and Milan, 2001), the exhibitions Netizens (Rome, 2002), L’oading. Genetically Modified Videogames (Syracuse, 2003), Maps and Legends. When Photography Met the Web (Rome, 2010), Datascapes (Rome, 2011), Hit the Crowd. Photography in the Age of Crowdsourcing (Rome, 2012), Nothing to See Here (Milan, 2013) and numerous solo shows. She also collaborates with many digital arts festivals and she’s been one of the guest curators of FotoGrafia. International Photography Festival in Rome from 2010 to 2012. She has written articles for Italian and international magazines and she works as a teacher and lecturer for universities and private institutions. www.valentinatanni.com

Eternal September is realized in the framework of Masters & Servers, a joint project by Aksioma (SI), Drugo more (HR), AND (UK), Link Art Center (IT) and d-i-n-a / The Influencers (ES).

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Supported by: Creative Europe Culture, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the Municipality of Ljubljana, Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Slovenia and Institut français de Slovénie

Thanks to: Ultrasonic audio technologies

* DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made by the galleries and the curator to get in contact with all the authors of the works in the show. Nonetheless, due to the particular nature of the project, in some cases, we have not been able to trace the source, or we attempted to get in touch but got no response. We invite everyone who recognizes his/her work and wants to be credited, to contact us at aksioma@aksioma.org. The nature of the project is non-commercial and the works in the show are not for sale.

AOI The Prize for Illustration 2015 Competition Deadline for Entries: September 28, 2014 No entry fee. The Association of Illustrators (AOI) in partnership with London Transport Museum, has opened submissions for The Prize for Illustration 2015 competition, themed: London Places and Spaces. The competition is open to illustrators and students of illustration throughout the world. [&hellip

Employment Opportunity for Director of Contemporary Calgary “We have a mission to build a global city of choice by engaging Calgary in the art of our times. We stand on the shoulders of our three founding organizations and all of the builders that contributed over the last 30 years. We come together to fulfill our [&hellip

Cinefil Košice and K.A.I.R. Košice Artist in Residence announce an open call for a filmmaker residency. The chosen artist will create an original short film over a period of 10 weeks whose theme should in a creative way relate to the city of Košice, Slovakia.

The residency starts 6 October and ends 15 December. . The resident is not obliged to spend the whole 10 weeks in Košice. Final film will be of course presented in Košice at the end of the stay.

Filmmakers commit to create an audiovisual artwork during their stay in Kosice in any of these categories:

Fiction film

Documentary film

Animated film

Dance film

In case of interest send us by email to film@kinousmev.sk:

CV

Portfolio consisting of 5 finished works (in case they are online, we only require the links)

Short motif or a theme of the film you wish to realise in Košice

Deadline: 8 September 2014

Chosen candidate will get:

1500€ fee

Travel reimbursement up to 200€

Accommodation

Atelier / Studio

Technical support

Production and local support

Long term efforts of Cinefil o.z. are focused on returning the best of film to the city of Košice. The priority though is the re-opening of a good (art) cinema. We have a concrete cinema in mind – Kino Úsmev at Kasárenské námestie in Košice. In order to to get film out of the poor-neighbour position in relation to other artistic disciplines we have decided to prepare a new thing – filmmaker residency that will result in an original short film. We will borrow experiences from K.A.I.R. Košice Artist in Residence, that works with residencies and their development for several years now. Independent film production is something that we miss in the city and it also is something that puts stress on the fact that (quality) production needs a space for exhibition.

One-Time Arts Project (OTP) Grants support a wide variety of quality arts projects and professional development opportunities for statewide and local organizations and individual artists. (RT @inkwellsc: Are you a SC Artist?

Deadline: December 15th The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of (RT @catinsinkstudio: Individual Support Grants: [t.co] .

“I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.”

- Isaac Asimov

Photography was once considered the most accurate way to record truth. The photograph acted as a solid piece of evidence; indisputable proof of something, someone or somewhere. Since its discovery, photography has been employed as a silent witness to ideas, capturing events and representing a trace of the world.

Today, every two minutes, we take as many photos as the entirety of humanity took during the 1800s. On a daily basis, we use photography to evidence our lives; routines, friends, meals, encounters. Millions of seemingly insignificant moments are recorded and shared online, creating inconclusive portraits of individuals, places and events.

We can no longer consider a photograph an evidential document in every case. It can equally misrepresent reality as much as it reveals truths; questioning the historic phrase “the camera never lies”.

We are interested in the evidence of your ideas, your lives and the lives of others, today and throughout history. We are inviting submissions which explore the boundaries of photography and its connection to our festival theme, EVIDENCE, in original and genuine ways.

We are looking for submissions from across the medium of photography and beyond for the next edition of FORMAT International Photography Festival, taking place from 13th March – 12th April 2015, in Derby, UK. Submissions are welcome from artists/photographers, curators, collectives, archives, independent publishers and performers.

There are opportunities to show different kinds of works: wall based, installation, public space, screen based, interactive, digital, participatory, workshop and event based. Tell us more in the application form! All we ask is that you connect with the theme and photography/still image.

We are open to broad interpretations of the theme.

Think openly about the definition of the theme and you are welcome to take it in any direction you think relates.

Challenge us!

FORMAT has invited a panel of international experts from the field of photography to assist in the short-listing and selection of EXPOSURE artists.

This year the EXPOSURE open call will be hosted by IdeasTap. All submissions must be made via IdeasTap.com. Please ensure you follow the instructions outlined carefully otherwise your submission may not be valid. Download our step by step guide to the submission process. Submissions costs £15*.

*The submission fee charged is in aid of FORMAT Festival 2015 and directly contributes to the organisation and delivery of the festival for the benefit of all participants. FORMAT is a non-profit organisation.

CALL : Georgia Fee Artist/Writer Residency (FR), Winter Session 2015be-and-art.comDeadline: August 31st, 2014 Winter Residency period: January/February 2015 ArtSlant is pleased to announce that we are now taking applications for the Winter 2015 term of the Georgia Fee Artist|Writer Residency. This term will take place during the months… [ 261 more words. ]

Medalta International Spoon Show September 1 – November 29, 2014 Yuill Family Gallery @ MedaltaNO CHARGERegular Museum Hours OPENING RECEPTIONThursday, August 28, 20146:00pm – 8:00pmYuill Family Gallery @ MedaltaNO CHARGECash Bar It all started in September 2013 with our SExSE invitational residency (South East Alberta by South East Asia) and the talented Vipoo Srivilasa. Vipoo challenged all [&hellip

Medalta International Spoon Show September 1 – November 29, 2014 Yuill Family Gallery @ MedaltaNO CHARGERegular Museum Hours OPENING RECEPTIONThursday, August 28, 20146:00pm – 8:00pmYuill Family Gallery @ MedaltaNO CHARGECash Bar It all started in September 2013 with our SExSE invitational residency (South East Alberta by South East Asia) and the talented Vipoo Srivilasa. Vipoo challenged all [&hellip

Beers Contemporary is proud to present an open call for our 5th annual open exhibition, Contemporary Visions V. The annual open call seeks to identify current trends in contemporary art through the discovery of artists working in all artistic disciplines. This is a remarkable opportunity for artists at any stage to exhibit in a vetted, curated [&hellip

Beers Contemporary is proud to present an open call for our 5th annual open exhibition, Contemporary Visions V. The annual open call seeks to identify current trends in contemporary art through the discovery of artists working in all artistic disciplines. This is a remarkable opportunity for artists at any stage to exhibit in a vetted, curated [&hellip

Open Call for 2015-16 Season Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2014 Application Fee: $10 Momenta Art is an artist-run, not-for profit organization dedicated to providing a space for public dialog through critically-engaged art projects. This year, proposals will be reviewed by Petrushka Bazin Larsen, an independent curator and arts administrator, and Momenta Art staff. Please [&hellip

Open Call for 2015-16 Season Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2014 Application Fee: $10 Momenta Art is an artist-run, not-for profit organization dedicated to providing a space for public dialog through critically-engaged art projects. This year, proposals will be reviewed by Petrushka Bazin Larsen, an independent curator and arts administrator, and Momenta Art staff. Please [&hellip

NARS Foundation International Artist Residency ProgramDeadline: October 4, 2014Application fee: $35 The NARS Foundation International Artist Residency Program provides national and international artists with the opportunity to produce new work while engaging with the vibrant arts community in New York City. Artists-in-residence have access to an individual studio space and various professional development programs. Residents [&hellip

ResidencyArtists and other creative professionals are encouraged to apply with ideas for projects that expand their practice beyond its traditional boundaries. We are looking for highly interactive projects that engage the public and push the boundaries of how art can exist in the world.

Funner Some Saturday, August 30, 2014 from 7:00–11:00 PM John Snow House (915 18 Ave SW) Ready for a little funner some? The New Gallery is pleased to be hosting a BBQ party and fundraiser at the John Snow House to celebrate summer’s end. There will be live music, good food, great merch, and lots [&hellip